Preach the Word – March/April 2011

Volume 14, Number 4 Key Issue #3: Guarding Sufficient Time for Sermon Work in Busy Schedules Helping resolve the tension between time spent with people and time spent in the Word – practical ways to ...

Preach the Word – January/February 2011

Volume 14, Number 3 Key Issue #2: Growing in Freshness and Variety in Proclaiming Law and Gospel Refusing to reduce law and gospel proclamation to a predictable caricature of itself - finding the unique way ...

Preach the Word – November/December 2010

Key Issue #1: Keeping Preaching Christocentric Making sure the gospel is not assumed and recognizing textually legitimate and illegitimate ways of displaying Scriptures’ gospel predominance. Read More As a companion to the November/December 2010 issue ...

Preach the Word – September/October 2010

Volume 14, Number 1 Proclaim Grace! This issue introduces a comprehensive two-year program for growth in preaching for WELS pastors entitled Proclaim Grace! While for thirteen volumes every issue of Preach the Word has focused ...

Preach the Word – July/August 2010

Volume 13, Number 6 The Sermon in Worship: Liturgical Preaching The sermon rarely stands alone in Lutheran Worship. On a typical Sunday or festival, we preach in a defined context and as part of a ...

Preach the Word – May/June 2010

Volume 13, Number 5 The Sermon as Outreach: Preaching the Gospel In a miracle of (God’s) grace that confounds human imagination, God has chosen to use clay pots like us to preach messages that save. ...

Preach the Word – March/April 2010

Volume 13, Number 4 The Sermon in Worship: The Influence of the Gospel Especially when the lectionary readings have been chosen to relate specifically to one another, we have an opportunity to apply and enhance ...

Preach the Word – January/February 2010

Volume 13, Number 3 The Sermon as Outreach: Preaching the Law We preachers, who constantly study and talk about the distinction between law and gospel, are tempted to make sermons into lessons on that distinction ...

Preach the Word – November/December 2009

Volume 13, Number 2 The Sermon in Worship: Preaching with Partners Whether we’re preaching as outreach or as nurture, we preach most often in a setting called public worship. The setting is going to influence ...

Preach the Word – September/October 2009

Volume 13, Number 1 Preaching: It's Worship, It's Outreach This volume of Preach the Word will focus on both aspects of preaching: preaching as part of public worship and preaching as an act of evangelism. ...